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This is unbelievable!!!

The body count is hard to comprehend.

I thought this would happen many years ago...then I started thinking it would never happen...now look!

There you go ladies & gentlemen...if you've been searching for a niche' market...here it is;

FORENSIC APPRAISING

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Friday, September 07, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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MO 2002009489 Hand David Revocation 08/09/2007 --
MO RA001936 Lattier John Revocation 08/14/2007 --
MO 1999134711 Milliken Robert Revocation 08/09/2007 --

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DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Thursday, September 13, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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CA AR008010 Altenburg Fred Revocation 09/12/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Saturday, September 15, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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OK 12236SLA Clark David Revocation 09/07/2007 --

Just out of curiousity, what is the purpose of posting these?

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Tuesday, September 18, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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CA AG007982 Mazure David Suspension 09/18/2007 11/18/2007
MN 20142973 FROSETH MA BRENDA Revocation 07/02/2007 --
MN 20069327 OAKS SANDRA Revocation 06/28/2007 --
MN 20177765 PHILLIPPI DAVID Revocation 07/02/2007 --
NY 45000040328 WHITTAKER ROBERT Revocation 04/18/2006 --

And Ben - it's the same answer here as it was on the dark side - BTW, if you don't like it, then don't click on the link.

I didn't say that, Otis. I never saw the answer on the other side. I was merely asking a question.

Ben, it has several reasons ...... one of them as a deterrent for appraisers to cross the line and to illustrate what can happen if we become complacent. This forum doesn't have the "readers only" yet like the other one, but we will and we might as well start this now.

The latest revocation in OK was a doozy. We happened to be the ones filing this complaint:

We did a desk review on this appraisal and it was chockfull of oversights and inconsistencies. The GLA was wrong, the distance of the comps was much farther than the report stated, the location of the Subject was not described properly (the appraiser neglected to mention that the Subject abutted an industrial park, which we noticed on Google Earth), etc etc etc.

Greg testified at the hearing and somebody asked the appraiser the question: did you even see the Subject? The answer was "no", he sent a trainee who did the inspection, the sketch, collected all the data and wrote the report. When asked why the appraiser did not have the trainee sign on the left and himself on the right as Supervisor, the panel was told that this was not his own trainee but somebody else's. The value the appraiser came up with was around $110K while our review came in at around $30K (GP, please correct me if I am off here).

The Disciplinary Committee recommended to the Board to revoke this person's license and during the last Board meeting where the final dicision was to be made, the appraiser and his attorney were present in a last attempt to save the license and get away with a less severe punishment.

I should note that the attorney for the defendant was hired the afternoon prior to the hearing and, as became evident during the Board meeting, was not well versed in these matters.

So when we came to the agenda item dealing with this case, the attorney of the defendant tried to convince everybdy that the only offense the appraiser was guilty of was to mis-represent the GLA which resulted in a higher value.

The attorney for the Board pointed out there there were much more serious issues at hand and the Board agreed.

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Wednesday, September 19, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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CA AG007982 Mazure David Suspension 09/18/2007 11/18/2007
GA CR237738 AGAN TONY Revocation 08/25/2007 --
GA L214125 JACEK TRUDY Revocation 08/25/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Thursday, September 20, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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VA 4001009404 SCOTT DOUGLAS Suspension 09/17/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Friday, September 21, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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NY 46000006474 HEIGEL MICHAEL Suspension 09/12/2007 --
NY 45000006558 COYLE DAVID Revocation 08/26/2007 --
NY 45000041706 DIROMA ELLISE Revocation 06/25/2007 --
NC A2017 MCPHERSON JOHN Voluntary S 09/18/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Tuesday, September 25, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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NJ 42RC00154000 Kelly James Suspension 11/14/2006 --
NJ 42RC00170500 Lacheen Arthur Suspension 11/14/2006 --
NJ 42RG00137400 SCHUSTER RICHARD Suspension 10/30/2006 --
AZ 20875 AMMONS LISA Revocation 09/18/2007 --
NJ 42RA00348900 LANZARA EDWARD Revocation 01/11/2007 --
NJ 42RC00041500 MEEHAN MICHAEL Revocation 03/09/2007 --
NJ 42RG00132900 O'CONNELL ANDREW Revocation 02/13/2007 --
NJ 42RA00343900 PAGE WILLIAM Revocation 08/07/2006 --
NJ 42RA00034500 RENNA MICHAEL Revocation 04/07/2006 --
NJ 42RA00350200 STEFANOWIC STAN Revocation 10/31/2006 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Thursday, September 27, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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IN LR60600179 DeBruler Jeffrey Le Suspension 09/13/2007 --
IN CR69201367 ANGERER TRACY Revocation 09/13/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Saturday, September 29, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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TX 1329836 LEWIS RONALD Revocation 08/28/2007 --

DISCIPLINE NOTICES FROM Tuesday, October 02, 2007
ST License # Last Name First Name Action Effective Expiration
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KY 3597 SHEPHERD MICHAEL Suspension 10/01/2007 10/30/2007
NJ 42RG00112000 DAMATO JOSEPH Suspension 09/12/2006 --
NJ 42RG00037200 DASHFIELD ALEC Suspension 09/12/2006 --
NJ 42RA00355400 SPILLANE J MATTHEW Suspension 09/12/2006 --
NJ 42RA00381700 Vollenberg Jacobus Suspension 09/12/2006 --
OH 2001005121 Smith Michele Suspension 09/17/2007 03/14/2008
OH 410687 Bachman Sidney Revocation 09/17/2007 --
OH 2002021663 Galloway Norman Revocation 09/17/2007 --
OH 414842 Pusecker Thomas Revocation 09/17/2007 --
OH 2004006899 Whalen Sean Revocation 09/17/2007 --